Doctors’ strike affect health serives in Delhi

Published on June 22, 2015 5:50 pm

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Around 2,000 doctors at 20 hospitals in the national capital on Monday (June 22) launched an indefinite strike, demanding adequate life saving drugs, security at workplace and timely payment of their salaries.

The strike by resident doctors at 20 hospitals run by the Central and Delhi governments and civic corporations including Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, Safdarjung Hospital, Lady Hardinge Medical College, Maulana Azad Medical College affected services at the facilities.

Note written on a hospital gate saying Today doctors are on strike. (Source: Photo by Prem Nath Pandey)

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According to the doctors, the government has failed to fulfil their demands regarding which they earlier had written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Union Health Minister. (Source: Photo by Prem Nath Pandey)

On February 27, resident doctors had gone on a day-long strike over similar issues but it was called off after both the Centre and the state government held a meeting and discussed their issues. (Source: Photo by Prem Nath Pandey)